About Irobe Katsunaga
Lived 1493 – 1569 (aged 75–76). Irobe Katsunaga was a Japanese samurai.
was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period. A high-ranking retainer of the Uesugi clan. Katsunaga was one of the Kita-Echigo no Kokuninshu (北越後の国人衆; "Countrymen of Northern Echigo"), and was considered one of the most respected men under Uesugi Kenshin.
He saw action at the 4th Battle of Kawanakajima of 1561 and the Siege of Karasawa at Sano, Tochigi in the region of Kōzuke in 1563 among others. For his distinction in battle at Kawanakajima he was granted Hirabayashi Castle.
Katsunaga died when attempting to confront the uprising of Honjō Shigenaga in 1569.
His sons included Irobe Akinaga and Irobe Nagazane.
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Who was Irobe Katsunaga?
samurai
When was Irobe Katsunaga born?
Irobe Katsunaga was born in 1493.
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Irobe Katsunaga died on 7 February 1569.
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Irobe Katsunaga was a samurai.
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Irobe Katsunaga was Japanese.
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